{"id":43855,"date":"2016-07-07T10:48:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T17:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=43855"},"modified":"2016-07-07T10:48:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T17:48:23","slug":"quinto-to-star-in-bio-hacker-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2016\/07\/quinto-to-star-in-bio-hacker-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinto To Star In Bio-hacker Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Star Trek Beyond<\/em>&#8216;s<strong> Zachary Quinto<\/strong> will star in and executive produce <em>Biopunk<\/em>, a drama based on the<em> Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life <\/em>book<em>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Written by <strong>Marcus Wohlsen<\/strong>, the book &#8220;chronicles the underground world of bio-hackers\u2014DIY garage scientists seeking to do for biotech what <strong>Steve Jobs<\/strong> did for personal computing. These are young and hungry guerrilla scientists committed to democratizing DNA the way the internet did for information, with the ambition to build never-before-seen organisms that could solve the thorniest challenges in food, health, energy, and environmental protection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having spent some time in my career exploring the landscape of science-fiction \u2014 it is a particularly exciting step to delve into a world of science-fact,&#8221; said Quinto. &#8220;The unfathomably thrilling real-life work of bio-hackers is dramatically crafted with compelling and complex dynamics by <strong>Chase Palmer<\/strong>, and Marcus Wohlsen is a limitless source of insight into and information about this powerful and fascinating subculture. 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